SBI Clerk 2014 - Exam Analysis - 19th July (Morning Session)

The
State Bank of India conducted on-line examination for the very
first time, for the recruitment of Clerk, across the country on the 19th July
2014. Please find below the analysis of today’s morning session paper.

There
were 200 questions in the objective paper, which had to be answered in 135
minutes. There were four sections in all - Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude,
English Language and General Awareness + Computer Knowledge + Marketing
Awareness. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks
assigned to that question for all the sections.

Overall the examination was Easy. The questions in Numerical
Ability, Reasoning and English were a bit lengthy but can be solved easily.
That’s exactly the point where results might make a difference. Computer
Knowledge, Marketing Awareness and General Awareness sections were easy.

PATTERN OF THE EXAM

The pattern of test
was as follows:

Section

Total
Questions

Max.
Marks

Level of

Difficulty

Possible
Attempts

Reasoning

40

40

Easy/Moderate

30 – 33

Quantitative Aptitude

40

40

Easy/Moderate

30
– 32

GA

40

40

Easy

26 – 30

English
Language

40

40

Moderate

30 – 35

Computer+Marketing

40

40

Difficult

25 - 30

Total

200

200

144 -
160

Reasoning

The overall
difficulty level of this section was Easy/ Moderate. Questions were as follows-

Syllogism

Inequality

Seating
Arrangement

Circle
Arrangement

North-South
Arrangement

Puzzle

Blood Relation

Data Sufficiency

English Language

The level of this
question is Moderate based. The section comprised of questions based on –

Antonyms/Synonyms

Error Spotting

Reading
Comprehension

Para-jumbles

Cloze test.

Quantitative Aptitude

The level of the paper was
easy/moderate. The question were asked on the following topics -

Simplification

Time and Work

Time and
Distance

Series

Profit and Loss

Average

General Awareness

This section was
quite easy. The questions were asked on the following topics -

Awards

Currency

Important days

Headquarters of
UN

Games and Trophy
Relation

RBI

SBI

Current Account
Deficit

Countries and
Capital

Counsel
Ministers of New Govt

Indian Budget

Recent
Appointments

Technology

Computer Knowledge/Marketing Awareness

This section was bit
difficult to solve and the level was difficult.

Computer
Knowledge –
Really very easy and basic question.

Marketing
Awareness
– The questions asked in the Marketing were very difficult. They were
application based and were difficult to understand.